rlb408 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:57 pm
Concerning a 4.2, I wouldn't hold my breath. I've been a software development manager/director/executive in Silicon Valley big companies and start-ups for more decades than I'm willing to admit, and know the coded messages. The phrase "as well as a platform for future innovation" usually means that they scrapped their existing code base and are starting from scratch, probably even using a different language and app platform. There are several things that can trigger this kind of action. I know because I've been in this situation a few times.
can confirm
rlb408 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:57 pm
Another reason is that the original developers of the application are all gone, and none of the current employees can unravel the source code (or they lost it?) to the point of being able to make enhancements to it
according to internet (glassdoor, reddit etc etc) there is only one main developer (the owner) so it can be also that he now likes another language...
Issue here is that S3D exist on all three major platform (Linux, MacOS, Win) and there are not many easy options for writing code that compile on all three so I doubt he's switching language as the major advantage of S3D is the speed, if he moves from C++ to some interpreter language (as I doubt he'd move to FreePascal
that's the only other option that generates native code for all three platforms) he will lose the speed as no way c#/java/perl/python/javascript can come close to native code no matter how fast current computers are ...
rlb408 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:57 pm
But for these folks, time is slipping away. Cura keeps getting better and better and has a huge following. It's going to be tough for Simplify3D to release an application that attracts market share from Cura. Or maybe they're shifting markets and will leave hobbyists orphaned. I'm prepared to be impressed, however, and I hope they've done a lot of market validation and user testing.
IMHO this is the real problem. If they release something that needs to be competitive, it is less problematic to not release anything (there are no serious issues with 4.1) than to do a release after 2 years that brings less than what you can get from cura/ps/im give already for free ... it is less of a news that they did not release anything than that after 2+ years they released few new translations, few new printer default settings and no new features, so this "keep quiet" approach is maybe the best (I noticed they stopped sending emails about how 5.0 is near )
gcodestat integrates with Simplify3D and allow you to
Calculate print time accurately (acceleration, max speed, junction deviation all taken into consideration)
Embed M117 codes into G-Code
Upload your G-Code directly to Octoprint
open source and unlicence